
Wednesday at a press conference after his remarks at Liberty University, Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson was asked about what he would do with the 11 million illegal immigrants already living in the Untied States. Carson said proposed a
by Pam Key11 Nov 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

Carly Fiorina recommended five steps to reduce the size of government and “really get this economy going again”: zero-based budgeting, instead of giving government agencies automatic spending increases every year; passing the Raines Act to shift power away from unaccountable bureaucrats to Congress; holding a top-to-bottom review of all regulations so we can roll many of them back; holding government officials accountable for their performance; and reforming the tax code.
by John Hayward11 Nov 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

There seems to be universal consensus that between the reduced number of participants, and the quality of the debate questions and follow-up from the panelists, the Fox Business/Wall Street Journal debate was the strongest by way of policy substance thus far.
by Jon Fleischman11 Nov 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated the media should pay more attention to Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “lie” about Benghazi at Tuesday’s primetime GOP presidential debate on the Fox Business Network. Carson said,
by Ian Hanchett10 Nov 2015, 7:02 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated that he opposed raising the minimum wage during Tuesday’s primetime GOP presidential debate on the Fox Business Network. Carson was asked, “You have suggested one minimum wage does not fit all, and that
by Ian Hanchett10 Nov 2015, 6:53 PM PST0

Campbell Brown, editor-in-chief of The Seventy Four, interviewed Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson who said while the public has moved on he is not convinced the media will ever move on from scrutinizing his past. Brown asked, “Do you
by Pam Key10 Nov 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — It’s fight night here in Milwaukee as 2016 GOP presidential candidates will debate on the Fox Business Network. This fourth 2016 GOP debate comes as Obamatrade—and specifically the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) portion of it—moves to the center of the campaign discussion, separating the various candidates.
by Matthew Boyle10 Nov 2015, 1:45 PM PST0

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) is lashing out at Republicans, after an appeals court upheld an injunction blocking President Obama’s executive amnesty programs from taking effect.
by Caroline May10 Nov 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

Actor Bryan Cranston will vote for Hillary Clinton next November, but he would rather play Dr. Ben Carson on the silver screen.
by Daniel Nussbaum10 Nov 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

This is the first time Carson himself has weighed in on Obamatrade, and the move comes after his spokesman Doug Watts previously told the Wall Street Journal he was open to it. Watts told the WSJ the day after President Barack Obama’s White House released the 5,544-page, 100-pound, several-feet-high-when-printed-out trade deal that Carson “believes the agreement does help to level the playing field in key markets and is important to improve our ties to trading partners in Asia as a counterbalance to China’s influence in the region.”
by Matthew Boyle10 Nov 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

Dr. Ben Carson’s business manager Armstrong Williams is denouncing the Wall Street Journal for publishing an article questioning Dr. Ben Carson’s biography.
by Charlie Spiering10 Nov 2015, 4:54 AM PST0

Obama administration officials say presidential candidate Ben Carson deserves increased media scrutiny but disagree that their boss got a free pass from the media in 2008.
by Charlie Spiering10 Nov 2015, 4:17 AM PST0

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson defended himself in the wake media scrutiny of his past, including what some alleged to have been discrepancies about his past. Carson insisted to host Bill O’Reilly that
by Jeff Poor9 Nov 2015, 10:09 PM PST0

Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed writes that a Yale alumnus confirms the details of an anecdote from Dr. Ben Carson’s biography which the Wall Street Journal claimed to throw into doubt.
by Breitbart News9 Nov 2015, 5:57 PM PST0

Michelle Bernard, President and CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy stated that conservatives believe GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is “the right kind of black man” after he criticized President Obama on Monday’s broadcast
by Ian Hanchett9 Nov 2015, 5:31 PM PST0

Monday on Newmax.TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson should get some leeway on the media scrutiny of his past. Grassley said, “And Carson’s specific case, I would say that when you
by Pam Key9 Nov 2015, 5:07 PM PST0

The Washington Examiner reports an audit of the Twitter accounts for the 2016 presidential candidates found Hillary Clinton has the highest percentage of phony followers by far, a whopping 41 percent. This means that of the 4.65 million followers Clinton claims, 1, 906,500 of them might be fakes.
by John Hayward9 Nov 2015, 3:20 PM PST0

On Monday on ABC’s “The View,” while discussing Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s media scrutiny of his autobiography, co-host Michelle Collins said his book should be moved to the fiction section. Collins said, “I do think they should put
by Pam Key9 Nov 2015, 2:22 PM PST0

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump tells Breitbart News exclusively that his enormous success in business is the reason he’s polling more than four times better than all his opponents when it comes to GOP voters’ views on who can best handle the economy.
by Matthew Boyle9 Nov 2015, 12:42 PM PST0

Monday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest said the media vetting of Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson was “appropriate” and “good for our democracy.” “This process is good for our democracy,” Earnest said to a
by Pam Key9 Nov 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson discussed his tax and spending plan, stating that the flat tax rate would have to be “about 15%” to be revenue neutral and that if every federal agency of subagency was trimmed by 2-3%
by Ian Hanchett9 Nov 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated that there are “many people” who got the same offer from West Point that he did “and are willing to come out and talk about it” on Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business
by Ian Hanchett9 Nov 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) took a dig at his opponent Dr. Ben Carson, who is under scrutiny amid the suggestion of discrepancies in the details of his past. Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked, “So just curious,
by Pam Key9 Nov 2015, 8:34 AM PST0

A former colleague of Dr. Ben Carson recalled being told the story of the future presidential candidate’s botched attempt to stab a boy in 1987, before Carson’s fame carried the story to a wider audience through his autobiography and movie adaptation.
by Spyridon Mitsotakis9 Nov 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

“The greatest lie in American history is the myth of the self-made person,” Marc Lamont Hill says. “Nobody makes themselves. We’re all shaped by communities, by people who struggled and sacrificed for us, by governments that offer safety nets. And what Ben Carson is able to do essentially is reject all that stuff and say that I was saved.”
by Michelle Fields9 Nov 2015, 7:25 AM PST0